CURRENCIE ·
Colonial real and mil-réis
Brazil's longest-lasting currency.
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Statushistorical
Start1694
History
In use from the Bahia mint era of 1694, diverging from the Portuguese real in 1747, adopting the mil-réis unit in 1833, until replaced by the cruzeiro in 1942.
Sources
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